Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-08-20
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TORoNro, Aug. r. On sne ws'u iTou
Niagara Tor iewist0wn eh'n mosn,ng
the conductor called my a"snuoo 70
Q ticket he bad just tassn from james +.
Neville, OF Montreal, the mau whose nar.
rov cscspc from death q Niagara was tele-
srnphed over tho country . lev days ego
The ticket ives badly washed snd The COO.
ductcr had remarked ths iscs With the COM
,usnt that the owner oi Il must have taken .
bath IN his clothes Thia lOd N . displOsuro
Of hts nov famous identity. lie hes broken
the record and eau never have rival, for hs
hes bren nearer To the edge Oi the falls than
any human being that ever escaped aliva
"A TALK WITH N1vILLs,
When We had lett the train for the bOas On
lake Ontario your correspondent pounCed
down on his man and talked him blue 10
the fsce He WAS very psle, but showsd no
other traces Of tho strain snd trial thas he
had most certainly undergone. and hs
talked with intelligence snd animation, nOs
only Of tho adventure, bnt also Of Canadian
and American politics, aud the questions Of
the day.
He u tall and very slender, but looks wiry
and strong and his companion Peter Hark.
ner-, says that he In an exociI0ns oess0ea
aud athlete. both are In the dry goods busi.
ness in Montreal
"Yes, have read what the papers ~
about Il, hut you see that II wss NOT true that
] was M frightened that rushed away from
Niagara at once, aud J never said tbst
I did no. want 10 se0 u again. IL
don't seem right for people 70 call
Il 10 foolish, either, becausS u VS. Just
the thirg that any man with tasto for cd
venture would bs likely n do. You saw the
place over on Goat Island at the American
side Of the Horseshoe Fsllsr We'll, you
know the three big logs that iie 70 firmly
wedged sganst the rorkS QUE VI them close
Ia shore, and two reschinE from u out 70 the
little point ot rock at the edge OF the falls 2"
Yes, ! did know had stood On that
point this morning aud watched countless
millions OF tons Of writhins water leap from
the precipics into the open air, turn 10 foam
and vanish In tho mist To sdd their voices To
tho roar from below. The log spoken Of was
not ten feet from tho edge Oi the falls
"weii," sa,d Neville, 81 thought
could walk right over tbose logs 10 the ruck
aDd get good view oi the fall. 1t looked
very easy and tempting, but found tho
farthest legs siiI pery with green slime, 20
came back to shore and took OH my shoes
and stockings and went at II again. ! hsd
almost reschsd the rock whom suddenly
went down into the water. ! an . very
strong swimmer, bu. the rush OF the water
was M tsrribls ! could not do thing. A.
soon m I felt II l give up aud just shouted
something to Hsrkness ~ l went under
thought TO instant death. My head struck
suddenly sgainst the second log, stunning
blow, 1 somehow tlung up one arm and
Grasped the log aud ~ my body swept out
to The edge of the tails ! felt = terrible jerk
st the shoulder. ! thought my arm would
come al, but hung on. III hal not been
half stunned, | would have been too badly
scared to do u, nut got my other arm over
were really not three ieet from tho edge. As
came to my seDses I found that HASkneas
hsd gone tor help
SEyiLLE's CoMPANius.
HaIkDess II = insn of medium build Aud
strength, but did his isir share OF the work
that day. lie continued the story
81 hsd gone out on the logs nj once 70 try
to save my friend aud ! went beyond the
point where hs had fallen In aud tried N
Yesch him - ith nv cane, but " wss too short
and 1 knew could not pull him In that way
as sny rate No I ran Tor help ! found the
man with the team right away ana We msds
. long line OF the harness, with nOoN8 at
the end. We threw II out " the rock and II
caught right near him.
Neville continued, "whils he was gone,
my senses came back and got ioO1inx ON .
rock aud better position, Out he wafer
WAS up to my chest and the pressure t0rri-
BILE. IL carried away my pocket aud part
OF my watch chain. In my inside pocket !
had . letter enclosing = pair Of earrings
which I promised to deliver To friend In
Montreal. The earrings we're swept away,
but the envelope remained. When the line
WAS THROWN ! could not get It over my shoul-
dsrs was 80 exhausted, but i knew u Was
that or quick death. ] had To hold on with
one arm while 1 reached for the line with the
other and pulled II loose from tho rock. Then
Z IN